St. Vrain Valley Superintendent Don Haddad told an audience at Sunset Middle School in Longmont on Thursday evening that the roughly 50 students who’ve been asked to chime in about police keeping AR-15 rifles at Niwot High and Lyons Middle/Senior High were split on the issue.
“It was a mixed bag,” Haddad said. “For some, it made them feel anxious. Others said, ‘You know, if that’s what it takes to keep us safe.'”
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has asked for permission from the school district to keep an AR-15-style rifle — popular with gun enthusiasts, but targeted by gun-control advocates — in a locked safe the Niwot and Lyons schools for use in the event of a school shooting.
Thursday’s meeting, for parents of kids in the Niwot High feeder system, followed a similar session in Lyons earlier this week.
The guns would only be accessible by the school resource officer. Police see it as merely another tool they can use to protect students and staff.
Read the full story on .
